Petition #20881866

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra July 10, 1818. - July 10, 1818.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: a L'honorable Juge Pitot - juge de la cour de ville et psse de la nouvelle orléans

Abstract

François Decaut, a free man of color, presents to the court an affidavit prepared, in conformance with the law, to support his request of emancipation for his forty-five-year-old female slave, a mulatto woman named Françoise. He prays the court to take this certificate in consideration and to authorize the usual notices and publications required to complete the emancipation formalities [Original in French].

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 10 July 1818; Sheriff's Return, 11 July 1818; Certificate, 9 July 1818
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20881866

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Records of the Parish Court, Emancipation Petitions 1813-1843
• Page: frame 79F
• Microfilm: Reel #98-3

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Enslaver (FPOC)